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Feb. 5 — Onchain Lens monitoring has detected that a newly created crypto wallet withdrew 15,333 ZEC (valued at $4 million) from Binance just four hours ago, then split the funds between two separate wallets.

On February 5, Tether released its Q4 2025 report, showing USDT hit multiple all-time highs during the quarter: - Market cap reached $187.3 billion - 8th straight quarter of over 30 million user growth - Largest single-quarter increase in on-chain USDT wallet counts - Monthly active on-chain users hit an all-time high - On-chain transfer count and value both set records USDT’s market cap rose $12.4 billion in Q4 2025 to $187.3 billion—up 4.9% month-over-month in October before growth slowed due to the October 10 clearing storm. Tether’s total reserves increased $11.7 billion in the quarter to $192.9 billion, with net assets (assets exceeding liabilities) of $6.3 billion. Reserves include 96,184 Bitcoin (up 9,850 quarter-over-quarter) and 127.5 metric tons of gold (up 21.9 metric tons QoQ). USDT’s estimated total user base grew 35.2 million in Q4 2025 to 534.5 million—marking the 8th consecutive quarter of user growth topping 30 million.

On February 5th, on-chain data analyst Ember reported that a crypto whale address completed full position liquidation 4 hours prior. The address offloaded all holdings over 4 days: 96,585 ETH (valued at ~$2.14 billion) and 334,000 SOL (~$31.51 million), incurring a staggering $141 million total loss. - **ETH breakdown**: Acquired at an average $3,363 in July 2023, sold recently at ~$2,222 → $110 million loss. - **SOL breakdown**: Bought at an average $186 in October 2023, sold at ~$94 in recent days → ~$30.78 million loss. After settling liquidation and repaying debts, the address holds just $58.34 million in USDC.

On February 5, per Onchain Lens data, a crypto whale address with a 25x leveraged ETH short position realized a $17.05 million profit amid market declines, plus an additional $6.83 million from funding rates.

On February 5, IG Group finalized its acquisition of cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve, with the transaction approved by Singapore’s Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). As previously disclosed, IG Group acquired a majority stake in Independent Reserve for $72 million in September 2023—initially taking a 70% ownership stake and holding an option to purchase the remaining 30% based on future performance. The deal, which was initially subject to regulatory clearance and projected to close in early 2026, has now been completed, with a total valuation of 178 million Australian dollars (equivalent to $117.6 million).

February 5th — On-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reports that the "ETH Whales Profit $99.22M Smart Money Address" has accumulated an additional 2,500 cbBTC over the past 8 hours, valued at $182 million. Since February 2nd, the address has withdrawn a total of 4,000 cbBTC from Coinbase, with an average withdrawal price of $74,003.9. It currently holds an unrealized loss of $2.995 million, and has not increased its ETH holdings in the past two days.